# Ms. Boods: Ray Davies
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-boods-ray-davies/564233
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-boods-ray-davies/564233 "2010-12-15T13:54:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-boods-ray-davies/564233/1 "2010-12-15T13:54:55Z")
Has there been any recent word on his illness? I notice from the site that he was forced to cancel a major tour, and even though they didn’t specify the nature of the problem, I’d like to know how he’s doing.
I know that like me, you’re a Kinks fan, so I was hoping you might have some word?
Thanks
Q
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### Author:  [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-boods-ray-davies/564233/2 "2010-12-15T14:19:58Z")
Not **Ms. Boods** , but I was in Barnes and Noble last night browsing the magazines. I found a British music magazine with a cover article about Ray Davies and how Konk Studios is up for sale. I read the article and it mentioned nothing about him being ill, but there were only one or two current pictures of him and he was wearing a hat and a scarf. There was a sidebar article about his brother Dave which talked about his life-threatening stroke a few years ago. The two brothers communicate rarely, and only by e-mail. Cripes, Ray is close to 70 and Dave is 63. Ray said he still believes he can be Mr. Right for a woman.
It made me nostalgic, thinking of the days…